Tag: sustainability
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Harvard Business Review: Diversity Fosters Innovation and Market Growth
According to new research, based on a survey of 1,800 professionals, as well as on 40 case studies and many interviews and focus groups, . The ... -
Case study: How Merck & Co. promotes patient and product safety
Committed to improving health and well-being around the world, from developing new therapies that treat and prevent disease to helping people in need, Merck & Co. ... - case studiesGRI StandardsGRI-205GRI-401GRI-402GRI-404GRI-405SDG10SDG16SDG4SDG5SDG8SDGs categorySector: Aviation
Case study: How Swissport maintains and promotes, for its employees, a corporate culture and behaviour in which honesty, integrity and respect for the law are viewed as essential
Swissport is the world’s biggest Cargo Services provider, offering award-winning Cargo Handling at more than 109 airports worldwide and handling in excess of 4.1 million tonnes ... -
Case study: How Hong Kong’s Drainage Services Department promotes greening, biodiversity and the revitalization of water bodies while providing world-class wastewater treatment and stormwater drainage services
Established in 1989, Hong Kong’s Drainage Services Department (DSD) has been committed to providing Hong Kong with top-notch wastewater treatment and stormwater drainage services. At the ... - case studiesGRI StandardsGRI-305GRI-306GRI-307GRI-308SDG12SDG13SDG14SDG15SDG16SDG3SDG6SDGs categorySector: Public Agencysupply chain
Case study: DEWA’s policies and procedures for managing its environmental impacts
Realizing that environmental protection is key not only to its continued success but also to ensuring the wellbeing of future generations, the Dubai Electricity and Water ... -
Case study: How Microsoft helps its suppliers create and maintain safe working environments
Operating worldwide, developing, licensing and supporting a wide range of software products, services and devices, Microsoft interacts with thousands of suppliers every day. Microsoft’s aim is ... -
Major Unilever Research: Potential untapped opportunity of €966 billion out of a €2.5 trillion total market for sustainable goods – 20,000 adults from five countries
According to a new, international study by Unilever, of 20,000 adults from five countries – Brazil, India, Turkey, the United Kingdom and United States – a ... -
Case study: How FedEx is promoting occupational safety
Every day FedEx pilots span continents, FedEx drivers criss-cross countries, package handlers sort millions of shipments and customer service reps answer thousands of calls. Promoting the ... -
Harvard Business School: Sustainability should be integrated, by companies, into financial reporting
In an article based on the findings of a number of surveys and data collected (2), Robert G. Eccles and George Serafeim (Harvard Business School) argue ... -
Case study: How Air France-KLM promotes flight safety
With two major hubs at Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam-Schiphol, the Air France-KLM Group links Europe to the rest of the world, with 316 destinations in ... -
Case study: How Athens International Airport is promoting customer and public safety
As Greece’s busiest airport, facing continuous increases in passenger traffic, safety is the top material issue for Athens International Airport (AIA). As a result, , emergency ... - case studiesGRI StandardsGRI-302GRI-305SDG12SDG13SDG14SDG15SDG3SDG7SDG8SDGs categorySector: Household and Personal Products
Case study: How Colgate is increasing its energy efficiency
Operating in today’s world requires an enhanced focus on conserving Earth’s finite resources, addressing climate change and maintaining the well-being of the planet for generations to ... -
Case study: How BMW Brilliance promotes product safety
BMW Brilliance takes an integrated approach to product safety, which encompasses both active and passive safety systems while also addressing such aspects as product labelling, safety ... -
Case study: BP’s policies and measures for preventing and managing accidents and oil spills
The BP oil disaster of 2010 began on April 20 of that year in the Gulf of Mexico: following the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater ... - case studiesCase studies - positive impacts on the economy and societyGRI StandardsGRI-203GRI-303GRI-306SDG11SDG12SDG14SDG2SDG3SDG5SDG6SDG7SDG9SDGs categorySector: Food and Beverage
Case study: How Coca-Cola is promoting the sustainability of local water sources everywhere it operates
Communities across the world rely on a sufficient quantity of safe, accessible water from sustainable ecosystems for their continued prosperity. For Coca-Cola and its bottling partners, ... -
BSDC: Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will create, for businesses, opportunities worth US$12 trillion
The “Better Business, Better World” report by the Business and Sustainable Development Commission (BSDC) presents a sustainable business model, focused on the 17 UN Sustainable Development ... - case studiesCase studies - positive impacts on the economy and societyGRI StandardsGRI-203SDG1SDG10SDG17SDG2SDG3SDG8SDGs categorySector: Retailers
Case study: How Marks & Spencer helps young people into work by opening up vocational training and work placement opportunities
As a global retailer with over 1,300 stores worldwide, employing 83,000 people, M&S is well-placed to address the issue of youth unemployment, creating, through Plan A ... - case studiesGRI StandardsGRI-301GRI-306SDG12SDG3SDG6SDG8SDGs categorySector: Household and Personal Products
Case study: How P&G reduces its manufacturing waste and pilots ways to find worth in manufacturing and consumer waste
P&G serves consumers around the world with products sold in more than 180 countries and territories and has approximately 130 manufacturing sites in over 35 countries. ... -
CSR: Building trust with key stakeholders in the banking and financial services sector
The UK-Cyprus Enterprise Council, in association with RCB Bank and PGD Strategy Ltd presented in London, at the Connaught Hotel in Mayfair, on the 26 January 2017, ... -
Case study: How ABB promotes business integrity
ABB is a global technology leader in power and automation, with customers in over 100 countries and approximately 135,000 employees. As a result, promoting business integrity, ... - case studiesGRI StandardsGRI-302GRI-305SDG12SDG13SDG14SDG15SDG3SDG7SDG8SDGs categorySector: Retailers
Case study: How Walmart is reducing energy intensity and emissions in its operations
With 11,530 stores and hundreds of millions of customers across the planet, Walmart is committed to doing its part in the global efforts to combat climate ... -
Case study: How Royal Mail supports diversity and equal opportunity in its workforce
Royal Mail is one of the largest UK employers, as it directly employs approximately 139,000 people. On average, 1 out of every 175 employed people in ... - case studiesCase studies - positive impacts on the economy and societyGRI StandardsGRI-203GRI-204SDG1SDG10SDG12SDG17SDG2SDG3SDG8SDGs categorySector: Real Estate
Case study: How Canary Wharf Group generates employment and creates opportunities for local businesses in the Canary Wharf Estate
The Canary Wharf Estate is located in an area of London where many young people do not gain the skills required to move into the job ... -
Case study: How Royal Mail promotes occupational health and safety
Royal Mail is one of the largest employers in the UK, as it employs more than 160,000 people (across the Group). On average, 1 out of ... -
Oxford University: Corporate sustainability and profitability are interrelated
The Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford and Arabesque Asset Management explored, in a report, more than 200 academic studies ... -
Walmart’s renewed sustainability agenda and commitments for a “new era of trust and transparency”
Walmart’s president and CEO Doug McMillon recently unveiled Walmart’s renewed, broader sustainability agenda, delineating the company’s enhanced responsibilities and commitments towards society and the environment. Walmart, ... -
Morgan Stanley: 84% of Millennial investors interested in sustainable investing
In order to investigate investors’ attitudes towards sustainable investing (investing in companies or funds striving to achieve a positive social and/or environmental impact), identifying trends and ... -
Harvard Business Review: Why Sustainability Is Good For Your Business
Contrary to what many executives still believe, research shows, according to a Harvard Business Review article, that incorporating sustainability into corporate strategy bears many advantages regarding ... -
Consumers prepared to pay more for sustainable brands – significant year-on-year increase – major Nielsen study (30,000 consumers in 60 countries)
An ever-increasing number of consumers around the world are willing to pay more for sustainable brands, according to research by Nielsen, making it an essential strategy ... -
PepsiCo CEO: “A company does well by also doing good.” PepsiCo Launches 2025 Sustainability Agenda Designed to Meet Changing Consumer and Societal Needs
Continuing Performance with Purpose, launched in 2006, PepsiCo announced its sustainability agenda for the next decade. “The first ten years of PepsiCo’s Performance with Purpose journey ...
